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The Striated heron (Butorides striata) belongs to the family of egrets, herons and bitterns, the Ardeidae under the order Pelecaniformes.
Striated heron taxonomy
The Ardeidae is the family of herons. The family Ardeidae was first described by William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836), an English zoologist and marine biologist, in the year 1820.The family Ardeidae comprises three subfamilies, viz., Tigriornithinae, Botaurinae and Ardeinae. The subfamily Ardeinae contains eleven extant genera, including Butorides.
The genus Butorides comprises green-backed herons and was first introduced by Edward Blyth (23 December 1810 – 27 December 1873), an English zoologist, in the year 1852.
The genus Butorides comprises three extant heron species, viz., B. virescens, B. striata and B. sundevalli.
The Butorides striata species is polytypic and comprises thirty-three subspecies. The B. striata species was first described by Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist, in the year 1758.
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| Binomial name: | Butorides striata |
| Species: | B. striata |
| Genus: | Butorides |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Ardeidae |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Striated heron - Butorides striata Image by Davidvraju |
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| 2.Striated heron - Butorides striata Image by Weimar Meneses |
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| 3.Striated heron - Butorides striata Image by JJ Harrison |
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| 4.Striated heron - Butorides striata Image by Bernard DUPONT |
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| 5.Striated heron - Butorides striata Image by Bernard DUPONT |
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| 6.Striated heron - Butorides striata Image by Alejandro Bayer Tamayo |
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| 7.Striated heron - Butorides striata Image by gailhampshire |
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| 8.Striated heron - Butorides striata Image by Derek Keats |
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| 9.Striated heron - Butorides striata Image by Dr. Raju Kasambe |
1.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Striated_heron_David_Raju_(cropped).jpg (cropped)
Author: Davidvraju | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 8/25/18
2.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/weimar_meneses/7859455234 (cropped)
Author: Weimar Meneses | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 8/25/18
3.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Butorides_striatus_-_Daintree_River.jpg (cropped)
Author: JJ Harrison | License: CC BY 3.0 as on 8/25/18
4.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/13646356265/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Bernard DUPONT | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 8/25/18
5.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/13646228885/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Bernard DUPONT | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 8/25/18
6.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alejobayer/14047972549/ (cropped)
Author: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo | License: Public domain as on 8/25/18
7.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gails_pictures/16176077523/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: gailhampshire | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 8/25/18
8.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dkeats/36569102765/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Derek Keats | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 8/25/18
9.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Dr. Raju Kasambe | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 8/25/18
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